Matheus Cavalcante Franco, MD, MSc, from the Cancer Institute of São Paulo, University of São Paulo, in São Paulo, Brazil shares this VideoGIE case, "ERCP with balloon-overtube–assisted enteroscopy in postsurgical anatomy." We reported a video case of a 59-year-old man, with past surgical history of partial gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis due to peptic ulcer complication. …
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Shailendra Chauhan, MD, AGAF, FASGE, from the University of Florida College of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutriton in Gainesville, Florida, USA discusses this ASGE Technology committee document, "Enteroscopy." This document is an update to a previous ASGE Technology committee document titled "Enteroscopes." This document is a comprehensive technical review of currently available enteroscopy …
Hideaki Harada, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan presents this VideoGIE case "Inverted frontal view method facilitates bile duct cannulation via the intact papilla in patients with Roux-en-Y anastomosis." An 85-year-old-man who had undergone total gastrectomy plus Roux-en-Y reconstruction was referred to our department with calculus-related cholangitis. We describe the …
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GIE Associate Editor Dr. David Schwartz recommends this Original Article from the July issue, "Double-balloon enteroscopy in Crohn’s disease: findings and impact on management in a multicenter retrospective study" by Semrad et al. In this article, the authors present a multicenter retrospective study looking at the impact of double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in the management of …
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Ryan Law, DO from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA presents this video case "Endoscopic removal of a large common bile duct stone: more than one way to skin a cat." This video demonstrates successful removal of a "cat's eye" calculus within the common bile duct using single-balloon …
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Toufic Kachaamy, MD and Shabana F. Pasha, MD from Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Phoenix, Arizona and Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, respectively, share their VideoGIE case "Jejunal hemangioma resection via double-balloon enteroscopy." This case describes the endoscopic resection via double balloon enteroscopy of a jejunal hemangioma located approximately 280 cm distal to the ligament …
Hazem Hammad, MD, and colleagues from the University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics in Columbia, Missouri, USA present this video case titled "Laparoscopic and hand assisted deep enteroscopy with polypectomy in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome." This was a very unique case of a late initial diagnosis of a Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) patient (at 64 years old) and …
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